One-Act Plays
Directing Class
Spring 2008
by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman
Directed by Stacey Field
A spoof of the popular play Love Letters.
Cast:
Actress: Tiela Halpin (Understudy:
Becca Busse)
Actress #2: Kayt Sophia Griffith
by Woodie Allen
Directed by Andrew McLaren
The story line in Woody Allen’s God is twisted and turned. It comes close to
utter absurdity as ancient Greek masters have to argue with lonely Manhattan
late night theatre visitors in a plot that seems to be falling into pieces every
time Allen introduces a new character, which seems to have no relation to the
creatures which have already appeared.
God is a reflection of bizarre human life. The scenes incorporated in God are in
different periods and different locations. The jumps between the scenes are not
necessitated by the play’s events themselves, but they are illogical jumps
between different worlds, which can occur in every human mind, because these
worlds are familiar to every human mind.
Cast:
Writer: Mike Diamond
Actor: Tyler Morrow
Doris: Janie Buckley
Trichinosis/Man: Ryan Burns
Woman/Blanche: Jenny Erbes
Prompter/Bursitis/Lorenzo: Trevor Newton
by David Ives
Directed by Rissa Inman
The Play "Sure Thing" from David Ives examines the endless variations of boy meet girl and the ensuing pick up lines. The central theme throughout the play displays a few varieties of a possible conversation that end with a ringing bell that symbolizes a fresh start and a second chance to make a good impression.
Cast:
Bill: Michael Heaton
Betty: Kate Drost
The Man Who Turned into a Stick (Death)
by Kabo Abe
Directed by Missy Metz
This play opens with a stick, played by a man, hurtling down from the sky and landing next to Hippie Boy and Hippie Girl. As Hippie Boy and Girl look casually for the stick's point of origin, they spot a young boy on the roof of a building, and suspect that the boy must have thrown the stick. In the meantime, a Woman and Man from Hell enter the scene and, in an aside, they remark mysteriously "once again, a man turned into a stick and vanished".
Cast:
Man from Hell: Brian Rowe
Woman from Hell: Ashley Musser
Hippie Boy: Ryan Burns
Hippie Girl: Marsha Clark
Stick: Jon Snowdon
